''Kryptos'' is a
genus
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of large
sea snail
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s, whelks, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusc
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s in the
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Colidae, the true whelks and the like.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Kryptos Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137707 on 2016-08-04]
Description
Species
* ''
Kryptos koehleri''
(Locard, 1896)
* ''
Kryptos tholoides''
(Watson, 1882)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Kryptos elegans''
Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896: synonym of ''Kryptos koehleri''
(Locard, 1896)
* ''Kryptos explorator''
Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008: synonym of ''
Jerrybuccinum explorator''
(Fraussen & Sellanes, 2008)
References
* Bouchet P. & Warén A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico Suppl. 1: 121-296
External links
Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 9: 395-498, pl. 15-22Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa. in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM I et II Philippines (1976, 1980). Tome 2. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 133: 457-499
Colidae
Gastropod genera
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